North Carolina Primary Resources: The American Revolution

Resource Type Title Date Subject Repository Link
Currency Currency, North Carolina, 2 April 1776, $6 04/02/1776 money, squirrel Colonial Williamsburg eMuseum View
Photo North Carolina Currency Hoard of Samuel Cornell 1748-1771 Samuel Cornell; money; New Bern Colonial Williamsburg eMuseum View
Map, Newsclippings, Manuscript Kings Mountain Men and the Overmountain Victory Trail [1776 -1781] 1924-1980 southern campaign DigitalNC, MCDowell Co. PL View
Documents Archibald Maclaine Papers 1783; 1788; 1790 New Hanover County, Wilmington DNCR digital collections, State Archives View
Documents Charles McDowell Papers 1782 Burke County, Cherokee Indians, Loyalists DNCR digital collections, State Archives View
Documents Congress at Halifax, Member Pay and Allowance, A-H, November-December 1776 1776 government representatives, early state DNCR digital collections, State Archives View
Documents Congress at Halifax, Member Pay and Allowance, April-May 1776 1776 government representatives, late colonial DNCR Digital Collections, State Archives View
Documents Fifth Provincial Congress Journal November-December 1776 1776 government, early state DNCR digital collections, State Archives View
Documents Papers relating to the Trial of Edmund Fanning, March 22, 1769 1769; 1770 Regulators DNCR digital collections, State Archives View
Documents Pitt County Committee of Safety 1774; 1775; 1776 Pitt County rights DNCR digital collections, State Archives View
Documents Senate Bill to Give Ned Griffin His Freedom 1784 Edgecombe County, enslavement, African American DNCR digital collections, State Archives View
Documents Colonial and State Records of N.C. 1770-1779 statewide, General Assembly Documenting the American South, UNC View
Document A Declaration of Rights 1776 Virginia Duke University Digital Collections View
Broadside A general peace 1783 announcement with royal crest Duke University Digital Collections View
Documents Benjamin and Julia Stockton Rush Papers 1777-1824 medicine Duke University Digital Collections View
Document Benjamin Rush (n.p.) letter to unidentified, 1777 Autumn 1777 Yankees, cause of liberty Duke University Digital Collections View
Broadside By a gentleman who arrived last night from the northward 1783 peace proclamation Duke University Digital Collections View
Document Convention minutes 1775 government Duke University Digital Collections View
Documents Extract from the minutes of Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Continental Congress 1776 announcement of day of fasting, prayer Duke University Digital Collections View
Documents George Ashman papers 1781-1784 Pennsylvania Duke University Digital Collections View
Documents George Washington (Valley Forge) letter to Benjamin Rush (Yorktown), 1778 January 12 1778 medicine, hospital Duke University Digital Collections View
Documents James Belcher papers 1782 Loyalists, Georgia Duke University Digital Collections View
Documents James McHenry (York Island, Fort Washington) letter to Benjamin Rush (n. p.), 1776 November 2 1776 medicine, hospital Duke University Digital Collections View
Document Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence 1775 Mecklenburg County resolves, Charlotte Duke University Digital Collections View
Document Nathanael Greene (n. p.) letter to Benjamin Rush (n. p.), 1777 May 3 1777 medicine, hospital Duke University Digital Collections View
Documents Order of enlistment quota signed by Patrick Henry Virginia, soldiers provisions Duke University Digital Collections View
Documents Richard Caswell papers 1777-1790 soldiers, medicine, small pox Duke University Digital Collections View
Documents Robert Howe Papers, 1777-1778 1777-8 southern campaign Duke University Digital Collections View
Documents Seth John Cuthbert papers 1780-1788 southern campaign, soldiers provisions Duke University Digital Collections View
Document South-Carolina. By Sir Henry Clinton, Knight of the Bath, general of His Majesty's forces, and Mariot Arbuthnot, Esquire, vice-admiral of the Blue. 1780 Loyalists, southern campaign Duke University Digital Collections View
Document The Mecklenburg Declaration of [Independence] Mecklenburg County resolves, Charlotte Duke University Digital Collections View
Broadside The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence 1933 Mecklenburg County resolves, Charlotte Duke University Digital Collections View
Documents Thomas Burke letters 1776-1782 Loyalists Duke University Digital Collections View
Documents To the Grand Jury of the County of Chatham, State of Georgia 1777 Loyalists Duke University Digital Collections View
Documents William Richardson Davie papers 1782-1799 Johnston County Duke University Digital Collections View
Map 1773 ECU Digital Collections View
Photo Crutches 1700-1799 medicine ECU Digital Collections View
Currency Fifty dollars 05/10/1780 money ECU Digital Collections View
Map Mouzon Map (1775) 1775 statewide ECU Digital Collections View
Photo Pistols 1775-1818 firearms, soldiers ECU Digital Collections View
Photo Powder horn 1775-1818 firearms, soldiers ECU Digital Collections View
Photo Shotgun 1775-1818 firearms, soldiers ECU Digital Collections View
Currency Ten Shillings December 1771 money, ship ECU Digital Collections View
Currency Twenty-five dollars 05/10/1780 money ECU Digital Collections View
Currency Two hundred and fifty dollars 05/10/1780 money ECU Digital Collections View
Booklet The historic tea-party of Edenton, October 25th, 1774. An incident in North Carolina connected with British taxation. 1774, 1898 Edenton, boycott, women Library of Congress View
Documents Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service 1780s - 1850s statewide, veterans, widows National Archives View
Map 1779 coast and Piedmont towns, counties, and waterways State Archives of North Carolina - UNC Maps View
Map 1832 southern campaign sites, 1776-1781 State Archives of North Carolina - UNC Maps View
Document A Narrative of the proceedings of a body of loyalists in North Carolina 24 Mar 1776 Cumberland County, Duplin County, Wilmington The National Archives London, UK View
Map A plan of the province line from the Cherokee line to Salisbury Road between North and South Carolina [copy 1] 1772 Catawba Indian Nation, Broad River, Kings Mountain The National Archives London, UK View
Documents Correspondence and papers of Mr President Hasell relative to military organisation and preparations of troops raised against the insurgents of North Carolina 17 Oct 1770 - 4 Jul 1771 Regulators, New Bern, Hillsborough The National Archives London, UK View
Documents Dispatches from William Tryon to the Earl of Hillsborough 28 May 1769 - 2 Jul 1770 government, late colonial The National Archives London, UK View
Newspaper Extract from 'The North Carolina Gazette', No.287 and other printed material relative to a public meeting of deputies in Newbern and Wilmington 21 Jul - 2 Sep 1774 New Bern, Wilmington resolves The National Archives London, UK View
Map Governor Tryon's letter to the Earl of Hillsborough regarding the battle of Alamance, enclosing two maps of Alamance Camp and orders given out to the provincials raised to march against the insurgents 16 May - 2 Aug 1771 Regulators The National Archives London, UK View
Documents Law Office papers , 1775 relative to trying and pardoning acts of treason and rebellion in the colonies 26 Sep 1770 - 23 Dec 1775 Regulators, Herman Husband The National Archives London, UK View
Documents Letters concerning four Acts passed in North Carolina relating to riotous assemblies, punishing of rioters, establishing a college, marriage acts and an act to encourage further settlement 26 Feb 1772 Regulators The National Archives London, UK View
Documents Letters from the Earl of Hillsborough to Josiah Martin (No.1) regarding rioting in North Carolina and appointments to Council 23 Feb 1768 - 19 Mar 1782 Regulators The National Archives London, UK View
Document Proclamation of Josiah Martin urging inhabitants of North Carolina to resist attempts of seditious persons to seduce them into criminal actions and ordering officials to uphold both law and loyalism 2 Mar 1774 - 15 Sep 1775 Brunswick County The National Archives London, UK View
Document The Great Warrior's talk to Alexander Cameron Jun 1774 American Indian, Oconastonah, Watauga The National Archives London, UK View
Document Transcription Memorial of Archibald McDugald of North Carolina 1788 Cumberland County, Loyalists The On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies View
Document Transcription Memorial of Miles McInnes of North Carolina 1783 Loyalists The On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies View
Document Transcription Memorial of Patrick Lisitt of North Carolina 1786 Loyalists The On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies View

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